Jury Pool Profile

Dimmit County, Texas

Democratic +3 (2024)

Population: 8,507
Median household income: $33,409
Unemployment: 6.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,592 30.5%
Black or African American alone 60 0.7%
Asian alone 15 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 99 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 848 10.0%
Two or more races 4,893 57.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,403 87.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 2,413 28.4%
18–24 924 10.9%
25–44 2,254 26.5%
45–64 1,507 17.7%
65 and over 1,409 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.8%; +2.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $74,041
Establishments: 317

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 1,799 31.0%
Education & health services 1,328 22.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 902 15.5%
Public administration 669 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 388 6.7%
Construction 196 3.4%
Professional & business services 153 2.6%
Financial activities 131 2.3%
Manufacturing 108 1.9%
Other services 33 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.8%
Median gross rent: $753
Owner-occupied: 1,830
Renter-occupied: 1,180

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,427 votes cast

Democratic 1,765 51.5%
Republican 1,653 48.2%
Other / third-party 9 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

43.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,329 54.7%
Other 123 1.6%
Other Indo-European 15 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,010
Family households: 2,176; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,067
Single-mother households: 674
Veterans: 196; 3.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,874 68.2%
Evangelical Protestant 968 11.2%
Mainline Protestant 166 1.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 120 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.5%
With a disability: 21.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 293rd District Court
Judges: 1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual — each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)
Court seats: Carrizo Springs, Crystal City, Eagle Pass

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 164.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023